St. Clair County Obits

SELSOR B. PERRINE

Selsor B. Perrine Passed Away Sunday At Pioneers Hospital
Selsor B. Perrine, a resident of this community for over 45 years, passed away early Sunday morning at Pioneers hospital. Mr. Perrine had been in poor health for some months. He was in St. Mary's hospital at Grand Junction for a time and had been in and out of Pioneers hospital several time in the past six months.
Selsor B. Perrine was born February 13th, 1880, so had just passed his 84th birthday a short time before his death. He was born at Monegaw Springs, Missouri. He grew to manhood in that part of Missouri where he met and was united in marriage with Miss Myrtle Clea Mead on January 29, 1905.
The Perrine family moved to Colorado 45 years ago and Meeker has been the family home since that time. Mr. Perrine worked at a number of occupations during the time he resided in this county. He was a good worker and a quiet and friendly man and he had a host of friends in this community.
He is survived by his wife and life partner for nearly 60 years; three sons, Floyd Perrine of Boise, Idaho; Dale Perrine of Salt Lake City and Gale Perrine of Meeker; two daughters, Mrs. Fern Roberts of San Mateo, California and Mrs. Ethel Rickman of San Mateo; two sons and one daughter preceded him in death. He also had 14 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from the Meeker Bible church with Rev. Max Weir, former minister of the church officiating. Burial was in Highland cemetery with Briggs Mortuary in charge of arrangements. The pallbearers for this Pioneer resident of our community were: Howard Robinson, Alex Carstens, Bill Sutton, Robert Fulton, Gerald Dickman and Harold Lockhart; honorary pallbearers were: Ed Oaks, Luther Steele, James Burt, Kenneth Bickmell, Glenn McCullough and Charles Fulton.